i7-4690k vs i7-5820k vs i7-5930k for rendering and editing

[Rebelstudiosgaming]

i don't really understand the difference, im going for an upgrade and i need a good machine for 4k video editing and game recording. im also putting a 980 and 16gb of ram, and i might sli down the road. my question is, should i go with the 4790k, or put a little more money into it and get something with a bit more kick?

 

[Rakanyshu]

Hello, if you do a lot of rendering and editing you will benefit more going the 5820k or 5930k, these are 6 core processors so they will be faster for rendering than the 4690k wich is a 4 core processor. If you plan on SLI specially more than 2 way you might want to go with the 5930k since the 5820k is limited on PCI lanes. Besides the processor you may have a small boost from DDR4 when rendering. The newer platform is overall better than the 4690k but is more expensive.

 

[Suzuki@1473780084@1473780163]

16 GB RAM is really cutting it close for 4k. What's your hard drive setup? If your drives aren't setup properly you will be bottle necked and so buying a more expensive CPU isn't the solution. You will also most likely be bottle necked by RAM depending on size of project.

If you already own the 4690k (which by the way is an i5) you don't want to upgrade as it will most likely be a waste of money, focus on optimisation with the program you're using rather than CPU performance.

 

[Rakanyshu]

16 GB RAM is really cutting it close for 4k. What's your hard drive setup? If your drives aren't setup properly you will be bottle necked and so buying a more expensive CPU isn't the solution. You will also most likely be bottle necked by RAM depending on size of project.

If you already own the 4690k (which by the way is an i5) you don't want to upgrade as it will most likely be a waste of money, focus on optimisation with the program you're using rather than CPU performance.

Is he upgrading or building a new system? you are right about the ram and disks that's something too look specially while working with high ress material like 4k. If its a new system I would still go for the X99 build over the Z97 unless it is above the budget. If it is an upgrade from the i5 its not worth it better to focus on ram and hard disks.

 

[Pyre]

Yh I think when it comes to this i7 war, the 4790k and the 5xxxk do not have a gap that will put them so far apart mate. when rendering for example, a 2min difference or less. Is that really worth extra 100£ or 200£investment, mate I really dont think so. Same goes for games, 4790k and 5930k will have the same performance. If you do somehow come across a magnificent deal with 5930k or 5820k being sold near the 4790k's price then go ahead and purchase. Other than that the extra 100 or 200 pounds is not worth it.

You can save a few £s and get other components...

 

[Pyre]

And do you mean I7 4790k or i5 4690k??

 

[DubbleClick]

The expense of I7 5xxx' comes from the motherboard and the ram, less from the cpu price itself. The I7 5820k is just $80 extra compared to an I7 4790k. However, you need to calculate in another $150 for the motherboard and $140+ for the ram. All in all that makes $380 extra for an I7 5820k, which might however still make sense, such as in the case that you're making money with the videos and more videos mean more money.
The I7 5930k does only make sense for 4 way sli, which I wouldn't really recommend. The I7 4790k supports 2 way sli and the I7 5820k 3 way sli. Anything above 2 gpus is largely a waste of money anyway though.

 

[Suzuki@1473780084@1473780163]

I agree with above points. Unless you're doing this for money (business expense), the extra seconds/minutes saved is not worth it. More cores will allow you to multi task while you're working but really, adding enough RAM to completely have your project previewed and a dedicated scratch disk is going to be fast enough even with an i5 4690k. Because projects will be pulled from RAM instead of hard drive which is much faster. I can't stress the importance of RAM enough, in gaming it makes no sense going above 8-12 today, but even 32 GB is usually not enough for someone doing it professionally. From my experience, the order of importance goes like this: RAM>HDD>GPU>CPU. You can switch GPU to take the HDD place because some people add a lot of effects to their projects so it makes sense, I don't do any of that though.

 

[Rebelstudiosgaming]

16 GB RAM is really cutting it close for 4k. What's your hard drive setup? If your drives aren't setup properly you will be bottle necked and so buying a more expensive CPU isn't the solution. You will also most likely be bottle necked by RAM depending on size of project.

If you already own the 4690k (which by the way is an i5) you don't want to upgrade as it will most likely be a waste of money, focus on optimisation with the program you're using rather than CPU performance.

Is he upgrading or building a new system? you are right about the ram and disks that's something too look specially while working with high ress material like 4k. If its a new system I would still go for the X99 build over the Z97 unless it is above the budget. If it is an upgrade from the i5 its not worth it better to focus on ram and hard disks.

i am building a new system, because my current setup is quite old. i own a 7200rpm 2TB hard drive i use for holding all my recording footage, i have a 500gb 7200rpm hard drive that holds most of my games and i have another 500gb 7200rpm for boot and rendering and editing programs.

right now if i go for a 17-5820k my budget gets kinda stretched thin, the maximum is $1500.

i probably wont do more than 2 way sli, and even at that, i wont do it just yet.

p,.s sorry i meant the i7-4790k

 

[Suzuki@1473780084@1473780163]

Okay, thanks for clearing that up regarding drives. You want a dedicated scratch disk, in total you want 4 drives, which will speed up rendering and workflow. Typically you want your media drive in Raid 0 since you want to edit 4k but if time is not money, and you can afford to wait, everything will be fine. I added a 4th drive, which should be used as a scratch disk, since you already seem to already have a great setup.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($309.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($97.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Z Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($227.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.49 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Twin Frozr Video Card ($549.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair 450D ATX Mid Tower Case ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic X Series 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($129.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $1458.41
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-03 09:17 EDT-0400

The 980 will offer better performance while editing, and 970 SLI won't stack cuda cores. Either way, you will have a very powerful system...

 

[Pyre]

Okay, thanks for clearing that up regarding drives. You want a dedicated scratch disk, in total you want 4 drives, which will speed up rendering and workflow. Typically you want your media drive in Raid 0 since you want to edit 4k but if time is not money, and you can afford to wait, everything will be fine. I added a 4th drive, which should be used as a scratch disk, since you already seem to already have a great setup.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($309.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($97.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Z Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($227.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.49 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Twin Frozr Video Card ($549.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair 450D ATX Mid Tower Case ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic X Series 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($129.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $1458.41
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-03 09:17 EDT-0400

The 980 will offer better performance while editing, and 970 SLI won't stack cuda cores. Either way, you will have a very powerful system...

Great build there. You can go along with that, the 4790k will still perform well enough for ya. Idea of sli... I dnt think so its really not needed mate, gtx 980 already delivers enough. The 980 is real good, it should do well for 3-4 years.

 

[Suzuki@1473780084@1473780163]

#Above build won't work#

But this will, I assumed the case supported 4-5 3.5" drives but I was wrong, it only supported 3.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($224.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($97.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Z Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($227.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.49 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Twin Frozr Video Card ($549.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair Carbide Series 300R Windowed ATX Mid Tower Case ($74.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: SeaSonic X Series 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($129.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $1358.41
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-03 11:05 EDT-0400